Find out how popular the last name Villapudua is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Villapudua.

Villapudua, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Villapudua surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Villapudua in America

Villapudua is the 53667th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Villapudua surname appeared 385 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Villapudua.

We can also compare 2010 data for Villapudua to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Villapudua

The surname "VILLAPUDUA" is of Spanish origin, derived from the region of Castilla y León in central Spain. It likely dates back to the 11th or 12th century, during the time of the Reconquista when Christian kingdoms were retaking control of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.

The name is believed to be a combination of the Spanish words "villa" meaning "town" and "pudua" which may have been derived from a Latin or Arabic word referring to a small body of water or a well. This suggests the name may have originally referred to a town or settlement located near a pond, stream, or well.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name appears in the Becerro de las Behetrías de Castilla, a 14th-century census and tax record from the reign of King Pedro I of Castile. This document lists several individuals with the surname "Villapudua" as landowners or residents in various villages and towns throughout the region.

In the 16th century, a nobleman named Juan de Villapudua was a prominent figure in the court of King Charles I of Spain (also known as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor). He served as a royal advisor and ambassador, and was involved in negotiations with the Ottoman Empire and other foreign powers.

During the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th and 17th centuries, several individuals with the surname Villapudua emigrated to the New World. One such figure was Pedro de Villapudua, who was born in Seville in 1587 and later became a prominent landowner and cattle rancher in the region of present-day Argentina.

Another notable individual with this surname was María de Villapudua, a nun and mystic who lived in Spain in the late 16th century. She was known for her spiritual writings and her reputation for performing miracles, and was eventually beatified by the Catholic Church in 1786.

In the 18th century, a man named Francisco de Villapudua was a renowned artist and architect in Mexico, responsible for designing several churches and public buildings in the city of Puebla and surrounding areas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Villapudua

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Villapudua.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Villapudua was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Villapudua has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Villapudua was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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